Alert archive / Virginia / Special Weather Statements / 2023
Special Weather Statements in Virginia, September 2023
116 special weather statements in September 2023. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of special weather statements reaches back to 2006.
Special Weather Statements by county
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- September 9, 202332 special weather statements
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Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Eastern Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 7, 10:22 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Bedford | 38 min |
| Sep 7, 2:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll, City of Galax | 29 min |
| Sep 7, 2:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pulaski | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 3:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Montgomery | 32 min |
| Sep 7, 3:38 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Craig | 37 min |
| Sep 7, 3:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Grayson | 30 min |
| Sep 7, 4:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Roanoke | 26 min |
| Sep 7, 4:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 30 min |
| Sep 7, 4:22 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Sussex | 38 min |
| Sep 7, 4:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Charlotte | 34 min |
| Sep 7, 4:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Botetourt | 35 min |
| Sep 7, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 5:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Washington, City of Bristol | 55 min |
| Sep 7, 5:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Botetourt | 39 min |
| Sep 7, 5:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Nottoway | 34 min |
| Sep 7, 5:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 5:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Giles | 25 min |
| Sep 7, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Essex | 42 min |
| Sep 7, 6:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 6:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 48 min |
| Sep 7, 6:13 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 47 min |
| Sep 7, 6:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Tazewell | 29 min |
| Sep 7, 6:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chesterfield | 50 min |
| Sep 7, 6:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 36 min |
| Sep 7, 7:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Essex | 44 min |
| Sep 7, 8:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | King William | 48 min |
| Sep 7, 9:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Northumberland | 53 min |
| Sep 7, 10:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Martinsville | 27 min |
| Sep 7, 10:29 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Charles City | 46 min |
| Sep 7, 10:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin | 17 min |
| Sep 7, 10:50 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Floyd | 25 min |
| Sep 7, 11:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin | 25 min |
| Sep 7, 11:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Roanoke | 31 min |
| Sep 8, 12:37 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Lynchburg | 23 min |
| Sep 8, 5:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Smyth, Tazewell | 43 min |
| Sep 8, 5:48 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Greensville, City of Emporia | 42 min |
| Sep 8, 5:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 50 min |
| Sep 8, 6:33 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Greensville, City of Emporia | 42 min |
| Sep 8, 7:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince Edward | 36 min |
| Sep 8, 7:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox | 64 min |
| Sep 8, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton, Sussex | 31 min |
| Sep 8, 7:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox | 46 min |
| Sep 8, 7:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince Edward | 25 min |
| Sep 8, 7:25 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Campbell | 35 min |
| Sep 8, 7:27 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline | 33 min |
| Sep 8, 7:45 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince Edward | 45 min |
| Sep 8, 7:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 43 min |
| Sep 8, 8:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Cumberland | 50 min |
| Sep 9, 6:55 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Accomack | 35 min |
| Sep 9, 10:45 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 45 min |
| Sep 9, 11:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 60 min |
| Sep 9, 11:39 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mecklenburg | 36 min |
| Sep 9, 12:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll, Giles, Grayson, Montgomery, Pulaski, Wythe and 2 more | 59 min |
| Sep 9, 12:10 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Emporia | 35 min |
| Sep 9, 12:26 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell, Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 64 min |
| Sep 9, 12:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Prince Edward | 48 min |
| Sep 9, 1:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Greensville, City of Emporia | 41 min |
| Sep 9, 1:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll, Craig, Floyd, Giles, Montgomery, Pulaski and 3 more | 64 min |
| Sep 9, 1:17 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight | 43 min |
| Sep 9, 1:36 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Southampton, City of Franklin | 39 min |
| Sep 9, 1:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Nottoway, City of Colonial Heights, City of Petersburg | 50 min |
| Sep 9, 1:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia | 49 min |
| Sep 9, 2:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Scott | 39 min |
| Sep 9, 2:20 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Chesterfield, Henrico, City of Colonial Heights, City of Hopewell, City of Petersburg, City of Richmond | 40 min |
| Sep 9, 2:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Goochland, Powhatan | 43 min |
| Sep 9, 2:41 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Suffolk | 49 min |
| Sep 9, 2:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Franklin | 28 min |
| Sep 9, 2:52 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Franklin | 23 min |
| Sep 9, 2:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Hanover, Henrico, King and Queen, King William, City of Richmond | 49 min |
| Sep 9, 3:12 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Louisa | 48 min |
| Sep 9, 3:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline | 43 min |
| Sep 9, 3:40 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Isle of Wight, Southampton, City of Franklin, City of Suffolk | 50 min |
| Sep 9, 4:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Virginia Beach | 45 min |
| Sep 9, 5:42 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Washington | 48 min |
| Sep 9, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Wise | 39 min |
| Sep 9, 5:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Russell | 47 min |
| Sep 9, 6:03 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Lee | 42 min |
| Sep 9, 6:07 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | JKL | Dickenson | 38 min |
| Sep 9, 7:01 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Lee | 44 min |
| Sep 10, 2:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gloucester | 29 min |
| Sep 10, 3:00 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Middlesex | 30 min |
| Sep 10, 3:31 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Middlesex | 44 min |
| Sep 10, 1:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 44 min |
| Sep 10, 4:16 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Dinwiddie | 44 min |
| Sep 10, 6:11 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | King William | 49 min |
| Sep 10, 6:56 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Caroline | 49 min |
| Sep 11, 1:04 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Gloucester, Mathews | 41 min |
| Sep 11, 1:46 AM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Mathews | 29 min |
| Sep 11, 12:58 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | City of Chesapeake, City of Virginia Beach | 47 min |
| Sep 12, 1:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Grayson | 21 min |
| Sep 12, 2:05 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Montgomery, City of Radford | 25 min |
| Sep 12, 3:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Carroll, Floyd | 30 min |
| Sep 12, 3:09 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Roanoke, City of Salem | 36 min |
| Sep 12, 3:18 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Patrick | 57 min |
| Sep 12, 3:31 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Botetourt | 44 min |
| Sep 12, 3:49 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Franklin | 56 min |
| Sep 12, 4:00 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Grayson | 30 min |
| Sep 12, 4:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | City of Martinsville | 39 min |
| Sep 12, 4:14 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Amherst | 46 min |
| Sep 12, 4:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Henry | 46 min |
| Sep 12, 4:46 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Goochland | 44 min |
| Sep 12, 4:47 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Campbell, City of Lynchburg | 28 min |
| Sep 12, 4:53 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Pittsylvania, City of Martinsville | 52 min |
| Sep 12, 4:55 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Halifax | 50 min |
| Sep 12, 5:02 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox | 43 min |
| Sep 12, 5:19 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Appomattox, Campbell | 26 min |
| Sep 12, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Lunenburg, Nottoway, Prince Edward | 54 min |
| Sep 12, 5:51 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RNK | Grayson, Smyth | 24 min |
| Sep 12, 6:43 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Cumberland, Lunenburg, Nottoway, Powhatan, Prince Edward | 62 min |
| Sep 12, 7:28 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Goochland | 47 min |
| Sep 12, 7:32 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Amelia, Chesterfield, Dinwiddie | 58 min |
| Sep 12, 8:44 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Brunswick, Mecklenburg | 61 min |
| Sep 12, 10:04 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Greensville, Southampton, Sussex, City of Emporia | 41 min |
| Sep 13, 8:54 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | AKQ | Cumberland, Fluvanna, Goochland, Louisa | 51 min |
| Sep 27, 3:30 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | RLX | Dickenson | 30 min |
| Sep 27, 3:59 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | MRX | Lee | 46 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mecklenburg County7
- Prince Edward County6
- Grayson County5
- Halifax County5
- City of Emporia5
- Appomattox County5
- Campbell County5
- Carroll County4
- Montgomery County4
- Nottoway County4
- Dinwiddie County4
- City of Martinsville4
- Franklin County4
- Greensville County4
- Southampton County4
- City of Franklin4
- Goochland County4
- City of Galax3
- Pulaski County3
- City of Roanoke3
- Sussex County3
- Botetourt County3
- Giles County3
- Chesterfield County3
- King William County3
- Floyd County3
- City of Lynchburg3
- Brunswick County3
- Caroline County3
- Cumberland County3
- City of Radford3
- Amelia County3
- Lee County3
- Craig County2
- City of Salem2
- Washington County2
- Essex County2
- Tazewell County2
- Smyth County2
- Wythe County2
33 more counties
- Henry County2
- Pittsylvania County2
- Isle of Wight County2
- City of Colonial Heights2
- City of Petersburg2
- Henrico County2
- City of Richmond2
- Powhatan County2
- City of Suffolk2
- Louisa County2
- City of Virginia Beach2
- Dickenson County2
- Gloucester County2
- Middlesex County2
- Mathews County2
- Lunenburg County2
- Bedford County1
- Roanoke County1
- Charlotte County1
- City of Bristol1
- Northumberland County1
- Charles City County1
- Accomack County1
- Scott County1
- City of Hopewell1
- Hanover County1
- King and Queen County1
- Wise County1
- Russell County1
- City of Chesapeake1
- Patrick County1
- Amherst County1
- Fluvanna County1
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